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Patented Mar. 9; 1886.-

(No Mod el.)

' 0. H. & G. D. WESTOVBR.

. GAR COUPLING.

INVENTOR id/m1 ATTORNEYS.

WITiNTESSES:

UNTTE- STATES Y PATENT Trice,

CHARLES H. WVESTOVER AND GEORGE D. WESTOVER,,OF CADILLAC, MICH.

CAR-COUPLING.

EPEGEFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 337,54lr0, dated. March9, 1886. I Application filed November 14, 1885. Serial No. 182,871. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concewu 7 Be it known that we, CHARLES H. WEsTovERand GEORGE D. WEsToVER, both of Cadillac, in the county of \Vexford andState of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Car- Ooupling,ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements incar-couplings; and it consists in the construction and combination ofparts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter,and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of our improvedcar-coupling, the pin being raised. Fig. 2 is a similar view, thepinbeing lowered and passed through a link. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionalview of the same on the line :0 Fig. 2.

The draw-head A is in general of the usual construction, and providedwith the top and bottom pin-apertures for the coupling-pin B, having thehead B resting upon the'collar 0, formed on the middle of the topcross-piece of the U-shapcd frame D, resting on the drawhead near thefront end of the same. The side pieces of the said frame D are slottedlongitudinally, and through said slots guide-pins-D pass from the side-sof the drawhead. Pins E project from the sides of the frame D at thelower ends. The link-lifting bar-G is pivoted in aslot in the bottom ofthe draw-head, and is provided with the fork H at its front end, thesaid forked part being bent upward, as shown. The link-lifter Gisprovided with the slot J, and in the samethe lower end ofthe dog Kispivoted, which is provided atiis upper end with laterally-projectingguidelugs L, which project over the curved shoulders M on the innersides ofthe draw-head near the top of the draw-head. A short arm, N,projects from the lower end of the pivoted dog K down through the slot Jand under the bottom edge of the pivoted plate G. The shaft 0 isjournaled transversely in a recess in the bottom of the draw-head, andis provided at each end with the downwardly-projecting handleiece Pandwith the arm Q, which is inclined downward and to the front, the saidarms Qbeing adapted to strike thepins E on the vertically-slidingU-shaped frame D. A small cam-arm, R, on the transverse shaft 0 projectsover the rear end of the link-lifting plate G.

The coupling-linkSis of the usual construction.

The operation is follows: Before the cars are coupled the pin Bis raisedand rests on the top of the dog K, as shown in Fig. 1. WVhen thedraw-heads come together, the entering link S strikes the dog K andswings the same inward and from under the pin B, which drops and passesthrough the link S, thus coupling the cars automatically. To raise theentering end of thelink, the shaft 0 is turned in the direction of thearrow a by means of the arms P or Q, and thereby the cam-piece R pressesdown the inner end of the link-lifter G and raises the forked end, asshown in Fig. 2. To uncouple the ears, the pin B is drawn up, and whenit is raised the upper end of the dog K swings under its lower end andkeeps it raised, or the arms Q are swung in the inverse direction of thearrow a, causing their ends to strike the pins E on the lower ends ofthe frame D, whereby the said frame is raised, causing the collar (J toraise the pin into the position shown in Fig. 1, when the draw-head isready for coupling. The short curved arm 1 prevents the dog K fromswinging in the direction toward the front end of the draw-head too far.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, withthe draw-head A, of the frame D, provided with apin-aperture, the pinsEon the sides of the said frame, the shaft 0 in the draw-head, and thearms P and Q on the same, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. In a car-coupling, the coi'nbination, with the draw-head A, of thepivoted dog K, and of the curved arm N on the lower end of the same,substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of thelinklifter G, pivoted in a slot in the bottom ofthe same and having aforked front end, and of the dog K, pivotedin the said link-lifter,substantially as herein shown and described.

4. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of thelink-lifter G, pivoted in a slot in the bottom of the same, the deg K,pivoted in a slot in the said link-lifter, and of the arm N, projectingfrom the lower end of the said dog through the slot in thelink-lifter,substantially as herein shown and described.

5. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the drawhead A, having thecurved shoulders M in its inner sides, of the dog K, pivoted within thedraw head, and provided with the laterally-projecting lugs L at itsupper end, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES H. WESTOVER. GEORGE D. VVESTOVER.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. DUNHAM, CHARLES B. WESTOVER.

